Comments Thread For: Roc Nation Sports Grab Dates on BET and Fox Sports 1?

[BIGPOPPAPUMP]

Promotional newcomer Roc Nation Sports looks like its poised be much busier in the upcoming months. Roc Nation has signed the likes of Andre Ward and Miguel Cotto to high priced deals in 2015 but has thus far only staged one show - with their next card to take place on April 17th.

Rumors are abound in the industry that Roc Nation is set to do time-buys with BET and Fox Sports 1 (which televised their initial promotion on January 9th and are televising their upcoming show). The word is, Roc Nation supposedly bought 8 dates on BET and 12 on Fox Sports 1.
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[Thutch2412]

This ****, how many fighters they got? Enuf for 20 cards? In 8 months?

More boxing on tv, im down, bet is funny tho, of course itd be bet smfh

[Pigeons]

Great news and great times for American boxing fans.

RNS: BET, Fox Sports 1
TR: truTV
Haymon: CBS, NBC, ABC, NBCSN, ESPN, Spike

[Cinci Champ]

wow these guys are really going to have to compete to get viewers such a great time to be a boxing fan.

[FrankieBruno]

Rocnations dip into boxing is a huge flop

[Cinci Champ]

Rocnations dip into boxing is a huge flop

hard to know they are just getting started and are willing to take years of losses to make it work

[Chiboxing123]

Great news and great times for American boxing fans.

RNS: BET, Fox Sports 1
TR: truTV
Haymon: CBS, NBC, ABC, NBCSN, ESPN, Spike

Ure forgetting Gbp,main events,top rank= HBO
Haymon = SHOWTIME

[AgainstTheRopes]

hard to know they are just getting started and are willing to take years of losses to make it work

came in the boxing game too late. They could still find success as a smaller promoter but they wont get any higher than 3rd in the US.

[FrankieBruno]

hard to know they are just getting started and are willing to take years of losses to make it work

i just dont see where they can go

like the guy above me said, they came in to late

[bopbopbbe]

So theyre giving guys like Ward and Cotto more money than they deserve and are now doing time buys. There's no way this isnt going to be a money losing venture for Roc Nation unfortunately.